Distribution of Ethnicities

most numerous ethnicies in in the U.S. are African Americans and Latinos, or Hispanics (each making up about 13 percent of the population), Also there is Asian Americans (4 percent) and American Indians (1 percent)

Clustering of Ethnicities

Within a country their are two ways Ethnicities may live - Inside a neighborhood within a city - inside a region within the country

Regional Concentrations of Ethnicities

As mentioned prior, Ethnicities tend to group within regions of the country -African Americans in the Southeast -Hispanics in the Southwest - Asian Americans in the West - American Indians in the Southwest and Plains

Concentration of Ethnicities in Cities

African Americans tend to be clustered in the cities, for 1/2 of the African American population is located in cities, compared to 1/4 of all AmericansThis also is the same situation for Hispanics- Detroit is a great example of this

African American Migration Patterns

Migration of African Americans occurred in three major stages - immigration from Africa to the Colonies - immigration from south to North - immigration from inner city ghettos to urban neighborhoods

Immigration from Africa to Colonies

Most African Americans came over through Forced Migration - First group of slaves - 1619 - bringing over of slaves was banned- 1808 (However more than 440,00 slaves were brought over illegally after) - prior to this Slavery had been around for a very long time.....* began with members of higher status in Africa, began capturing weaker tribes and selling them to Europeans * Soon the British, Dutch, and French followed after the Spanish and the Portagese, and began buying slaves also. * by the end of the 18th century they had established the Triangular Trade route * After being shipped over, most African Americans worked on Tobacco farms in the southeast, and soon free and slave states were established

Immigration to the North

After the Civil War (1861 to 1865) most blacks worked as Sharecroppers - Sharecropping soon declined in the early 20th century, due to new farm equipment - because of this, many blacks were pushed up North toward Job opportunities - African Americans migrated in two stages *1900S-1920S * 1940S * EX: Detroit - after African Americans reached the city, ghettos were formed * Ghettos get larger with the more people moving there

Differentiating Ethnicity and Race

There are three prominent Ethnic groups, and all have hearth.

Asian-----raceAsian American---- EthnicityBlack------ raceAfrican American----- Ethnicity Hispanic--------- Ethnicity*Hispanic is not considered a race*

- Race effects genes (Ex: 95% of Asians are lactose intolerant)-if you keep mixing races they are going to disapear- A racist is someone who believes the principles of racism.A term like African American identifies a culture, where Black only tells a skin color

"Seperate but equal" doctrine

"white flight"

- After Brown vs. Board of Education, segregation was finally removed - found unconstitutional that minority was ruled like that- anticipating black, whites moved from areas anticipating blacks -Whire flight was encouraged because of blockbusting

Division of Race in South Africa

- In South Africa they created the Aparthied system, a system that put Blacks into homelands, so white had control. -After the Apartheid was removed the government worked with the people to restore the land one previously owned by the blacks, also the people elected Nelson Mandela as president